Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES GA0037648
RICHMOND HILL, CITY OF (STERLING CREEK WRF), Richmond Hill, GA: NPDES GA0037648 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MajorDischarger class
- 18Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 7Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
RICHMOND HILL, CITY OF (STERLING CREEK WRF), held by Richmond Hill, City of, holds NPDES permit GA0037648. EPA’s file records it issued August 26, 2016 and expiring August 31, 2021. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (September 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | RICHMOND HILL, CITY OF (STERLING CREEK WRF) |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Richmond Hill, City of |
| NPDES ID | GA0037648 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Major discharger |
| Facility type | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Program | Publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | August 26, 2016 |
| Expiration date | August 31, 2021 |
| Address | Richmond Hill, GA 31324 |
| Subwatershed | Wilmington River (HUC 030602040101) |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download).
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 20Pollutants on file
- 18Under a numeric limit
- 9With a violation of any kind
- 7With an effluent exceedance
An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 8 | 361 | 361 | January 31, 2016 | 1,423% over the limit |
| BOD, 5-day, 20 deg. C | 11 | 170 | 170 | October 31, 2015 | 296% over the limit |
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 4 | 36 | 36 | February 29, 2016 | 88,943% over the limit |
| Solids, total suspended | 10 | 10 | 9 | July 31, 2010 | 41% over the limit |
| Phosphorus, total [as P] | 4 | 6 | 6 | June 30, 2001 | 33% over the limit |
| Enterococci | 0 | 5 | 5 | February 28, 2025 | 68% over the limit |
| BOD, carbonaceous [5 day, 20 C] | 0 | 3 | 3 | July 31, 2016 | 18% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Solids, suspended percent removal | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Coliform, fecal general | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Phosphorus, ortho | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Flow, total | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, organic total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, Kjeldahl, total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nitrite + Nitrate total [as N] | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Solids, sludge, total, dry weight | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NOEL Static Renewal 7Day Chronic Americamysis bahia (formerly Mysidopsis bahia) | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Noel Statre 7Day Chronic Menidia | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES GA0037648.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded September 14, 2026.